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Comment on Singing Lessons by Elaine Clisham https://eclisham.wordpress.com/2015/03/24/singing-lessons/#comment-75
Fri, 27 Mar 2015 00:40:38 +0000http://eclisham.wordpress.com/?p=242#comment-75Oh, yeah. Singing=oxygen.
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Comment on Singing Lessons by André Darmanin https://eclisham.wordpress.com/2015/03/24/singing-lessons/#comment-74
Fri, 27 Mar 2015 00:37:11 +0000http://eclisham.wordpress.com/?p=242#comment-74Another thing I didn’t know about you. Bravo!
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Comment on Singing Lessons by Jan McLin Clayberg https://eclisham.wordpress.com/2015/03/24/singing-lessons/#comment-73
Wed, 25 Mar 2015 18:09:46 +0000http://eclisham.wordpress.com/?p=242#comment-73Elaine, thank you so much for this! Howard Spendelow put the link on Facebook. We all feel that way about Norman and struggle to express it in words. Last night the rehearsal after coffee break was devoted to people sharing their experiences with Norman. It was wonderful, and about as profound as the heartfelt, soul-baring things Norman shared with us continually.
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Comment on Singing Lessons by glenshoward https://eclisham.wordpress.com/2015/03/24/singing-lessons/#comment-72
Wed, 25 Mar 2015 15:06:50 +0000http://eclisham.wordpress.com/?p=242#comment-72What an extraordinary remembrance and tribute, Elaine. Thank you so much for sharing it.
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Comment on On Trying To Have a Reasonable Discussion by Lex https://eclisham.wordpress.com/2013/10/20/reasonable-discussion/#comment-56
Tue, 22 Oct 2013 15:11:00 +0000http://eclisham.wordpress.com/?p=207#comment-56Sorry, “when you call them on THEIR bullshit.”
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Comment on On Trying To Have a Reasonable Discussion by Lex https://eclisham.wordpress.com/2013/10/20/reasonable-discussion/#comment-55
Tue, 22 Oct 2013 15:10:32 +0000http://eclisham.wordpress.com/?p=207#comment-55They hate it when you call them on your bullshit. And when their bullshit has a body count, as research shows it does to a significant degree when people are denied health insurance, civility becomes a vastly overrated virtue, IMHO.
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Comment on The Role of Obituaries by Elaine Clisham https://eclisham.wordpress.com/2013/03/31/the-role-of-obituaries/#comment-43
Sun, 31 Mar 2013 16:50:52 +0000http://eclisham.wordpress.com/?p=154#comment-43Thanks for weighing in!

Data point: I have had to write an obituary for a friend. I’m quite sure it turned out differently than if someone who didn’t know him had written it. And not because I wrote it, but I think the version I wrote was more meaningful to his family than one written by a stranger would have been. So yes, I agree that good obituaries can come from many sources and should include whatever illuminates the subject’s life. That said, I also think there’s some role for editing to be sure that everything is conveyed clearly. If newspapers are going to continue to be the first draft of a community’s history, they have the heavy burden of portraying *all* its history, in a way that succeeding generations will be able to understand. And that’s the point I was trying to make here.

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Comment on The Role of Obituaries by Linda Grist Cunningham https://eclisham.wordpress.com/2013/03/31/the-role-of-obituaries/#comment-42
Sun, 31 Mar 2013 16:29:05 +0000http://eclisham.wordpress.com/?p=154#comment-42Two thoughts: perhaps we should be more diligent in presenting the full experience of men’s lives; and perhaps we should encourage individuals — or their families — to write obituaries. We do know ourselves far better than the parachute journalist.
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Comment on Rant, Part II: Where’s the Local Media When You Need It? by Digitizing Downtown Retail « Community Ties https://eclisham.wordpress.com/2011/11/03/local-media-crisis/#comment-34
Wed, 28 Dec 2011 14:48:47 +0000http://eclisham.wordpress.com/?p=119#comment-34[…] media outlet could make a huge difference. If the Hunterdon County Democrat (yes, the same one I called out over poor communications during various weather crises) were really invested in the health of its […]
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Comment on Rant, Part I: On the Importance of Good Planning and Communication by sue king https://eclisham.wordpress.com/2011/11/03/crisis-communications-planning/#comment-9
Thu, 03 Nov 2011 21:49:44 +0000http://eclisham.wordpress.com/?p=110#comment-9I understand that in 1979 JCP&L had 53 linesmen, and now in 2011 after all the building boom and influx of business they have a whopping 11 linesman, now what’s wrong with that picture. Overhead from one Michigan worker who thankfully was working on restoring power, he said the lines are clearly marked “BELL” now what does that tell you? For the insane amount of money we have to pay this Mickey Mouse company called JCP&L do you think perhaps you might be able to bring us into the twenty first century? Just sayin!!
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